Richard Edwards looks back with Phil Bainbridge to a time when cricketers worked part-time

Man on many parts: Phil Bainbridge

Keeping tabs on Phil Bainbridge in the off-season in Gloucestershire wasn’t easy, although there were plenty of opportunities to get a sighting of him.
If he wasn’t selling encyclopedias door-todoor then he could be found delivering meat for David Graveney’s butchers.
Failing that, when the local PE teacher took a break to marshal schoolchildren on a ski-trip in the Alps, Bainbridge would often find himself charged with running a game of basketba...